The evidence crisis in artificial intelligence for health is stark. AI-powered triage assistants, diagnostic aids, and LLM-based symptom checkers are being deployed...
How many AgriTech solutions promise to revolutionize smallholder farming with comprehensive digital advisory platforms? The formula is always the same: aspirational...
The ICT4D community continuously debates how to connect the unconnected. We’ve argued about spectrum allocation, community networks, and whether Starlink...
For the first time in more than two decades, autocracies outnumber democracies globally — 91 to 88 — according to the V-Dem Institute’s Democracy Report...
I’ve been tracking the artificial intelligence for development (AI4D) conversation for years, and I have to call out what’s become an increasingly troubling...
Published on: Feb 24 2026 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on SAHI: Radical Artificial Intelligence for Health Framework from India
Many LMIC countries are releasing artificial intelligence strategies. Some of those AI strategies focus on healthcare. Most of those follow the same template: aspirational...
Traditional agriculture extension workers are overwhelmed. Advisor-to-farmer ratios exceed 1:1,000 across developing countries. Government extension systems are...
Published on: Feb 19 2026 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Stop Fighting Starlink Restrictions and Support Digital Sovereignty
I worry that the humanitarian community is on the wrong side of the Starlink debate. We bemoan Starlink bans across Africa and beyond. We treat every restriction...
Digital development experts often dismiss Generative AI adoption in government systems as either “techno-solutionism” or “digital colonialism.”...
Published on: Feb 16 2026 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Apply Now: £40,000 UK Scholarships for 90 LMIC Women in STEM
The gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions is well documented. Women comprise just 28% of the global STEM workforce...
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